The first night of Hanukkah was celebrated by Jews across the world on Thursday evening (Dec. 7) — and by one who is not currently on this world. Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the Second ...

A NASA astronaut showed the hack to winning all dreidel competitions when she took the toy top for a spin at the International Space Station on Thursday night. Hanukkah began at sundown on Thursday, ...

How is Hanukkah celebrated? Learn the history of the most common Hanukkah traditions that make up the Festival of Lights.

Each year, Hanukkah is celebrated in late November or early December. The exact date the celebration begins and ends changes year by year, as it is determined by the 25th day of Kislev, according to ...

Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli demonstrates what happens when you spin a dreidel at the International Space Station. Credit: NASA / Jasmin Moghbeli When NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli spun a dreidel in the ...

A GIANT DREIDEL SPLASHED WITH BRIGHT, COLORFUL PAINT IS CATCHING EYES AND TURNING HEADS AT SINAI HOSPITAL. THE MESSAGE OF THE DREIDEL, WHICH I ALWAYS FIND TO BE PERSONALLY VERY RESONATING, AND ...

As the great and wise Adam Sandler once pointed out, "There's a lot of Christmas songs out there and not too many Hanukkah songs." The men behindIvy and Coney, a neighborhood bar forChicago and ...

HOW BALTIMOREANS ARE CELEBRATING IN A NEW WAY. TOMMIE: FESTIVITIES BEGAN ON THIS FIRST NIGHT OF HANUKKAH. THEY INCLUDE LIGHTING THE MENORAH. THAT INCLUDES THIS MASSIVE ONE NEAR THE INNER HARBOR. SOME ...

In modern times, we light one menorah candle on the first night of Hanukkah, plus a “helper” candle, called the shammash.

Celebrate Hanukkah and the release of klezmer clarinetist Michael Winograd’s new album “TANZ! Live in NYC,” at Brooklyn’s ...